title: Taking evidence-based plastic surgery to the next level: report of the second Summit on Evidence-based Plastic Surgery.
abstract: Applying the principles of evidence-based medicine has the potential to drastically improve quality of care and patient outcomes. For this reason, evidence-based medicine has been held as one of the 15 most important developments in medicine within the past 100 years. In August of 2010, a broad coalition of leaders from numerous organizations representing societies, boards, journals, foundations, and academic institutions met in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the first Evidence-Based Plastic Surgery Summit. The summit signaled a sea change in the approach of organized plastic surgery to the promotion of evidence-based medicine within the specialty. It was determined that a strategic, coordinated, and sustained effort to drive an evidence-based medicine culture would accelerate adoption and advance quality of care and patient safety. Over the past 2 years, many of the goals of the initial summit have been met. In order to take our evidence-based medicine efforts to the next level, a second summit was recently held to redefine goals, focus efforts, address barriers, and launch new initiatives with broad consensus. This article documents the outcomes of the second Evidence-Based Plastic Surgery Summit.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30327, USA. feaves@emory.edu
authors.forename: Felmont F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Eaves
authors.forename: Rod J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rohrich
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sykes
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States